December 7, 2020    Author : admin    Community, Environment    0 Comment(s)

On Harbor’s Edge: A Maine Island Story for the Holidays On Harbor’s Edge by Kate Hotchkiss is delighting readers in seven countries since its launch in July. Says award-winning author Linda Greenlaw, “Captivating! On Harbor’s Edge hooked me line and […]

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March 13, 2015    Author : Maine Island Living    Community, Environment    0 Comment(s)

As the waters along the coast and between islands froze for the first time since 2003, and snowstorm after snowstorm pummeled the region, Penobscot Island Air (PIA) went into high gear to help struggling communities. “The folks who live on […]

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July 23, 2013    Author : Maine Island Living with Dr. David Urion    Community    0 Comment(s)

The night Evan Hopkins’ truck left the road, an island EMS team, including EMTs, fire department, and a nurse practitioner arrived within minutes. “This was the most serious call I have ever been on and, for the first time in […]

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December 1, 2012    Author : Maine Island Living    Community    0 Comment(s)

Fifteen Maine islands are inhabited year-round while more communities open up during summer. This means thousands of working and recreational boats on the water and planes overhead, often maneuvering in potentially quick changing Maine weather. At some time or another, […]

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November 25, 2012    Author : Maine Island Living    Community    0 Comment(s)

Braving frigid air temperatures and the North Atlantic Ocean, “Polar Plungers” of North Haven Island raised over $500 for UNICEF and a local food pantry on November 15. With big hearts and even wider smiles, these enthusiastic kids from one […]

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November 8, 2012    Author : Kate Hotchkiss Taylor    Community, Environment    0 Comment(s)

The doctor’s appointment is important because my son has mild scoliosis, side-to -side curvature of the spine common in adolescence. Time for a checkup and hopefully an “okay, go ahead” on a sports schedule that includes ocean rowing with six […]

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July 30, 2012    Author : Doreen Cabot    Community    0 Comment(s)

Another season of birthing kids and lambs has passed at our farm on North Haven island. Twenty-eight lambs and twenty-one kids can be seen running leaps and bounds over the fields at Foggy Meadows Farm. New mothers cry out as […]

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May 22, 2012    Author : Lisa Fay Shields    Community    0 Comment(s)

Fire on an Island! It’s a scary event, and one that might not make you think of the Maine Forest Service (MFS) immediately, particularly for island towns with larger populations and their own firefighters. However, the April fire on Lasell […]

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May 4, 2012    Author : Elisa Wike Hurley    Community, Environment    0 Comment(s)

There’s a soft mist in the air as the children at the elementary school in Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island create an outdoor mandala, or circle, during their “Arts Week” mid-April, 2012. They want to give something back, a […]

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April 12, 2012    Author : Maine Island Living    Art, Community    0 Comment(s)

The North Haven Historical Society recently received the extraordinary gift of a 200+ year-old quilt from the Denham family. “Embroidered and pieced wool quilts are probably the rarest of eighteenth and nineteenth century American bed covering,” says Lynne Z. Bassett […]

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